#!/usr/bin/env python # # Test fee estimation code # from test_framework import BitcoinTestFramework from bitcoinrpc.authproxy import AuthServiceProxy, JSONRPCException from util import * class EstimateFeeTest(BitcoinTestFramework): def setup_network(self, test_dir): nodes = [] nodes.append(start_node(0, test_dir, ["-debug=mempool", "-debug=estimatefee"])) # Node1 mines small-but-not-tiny blocks, and allows free transactions. # NOTE: the CreateNewBlock code starts counting block size at 1,000 bytes, # so blockmaxsize of 2,000 is really just 1,000 bytes (room enough for # 6 or 7 transactions) nodes.append(start_node(1, test_dir, ["-blockprioritysize=1500", "-blockmaxsize=2000", "-debug=mempool", "-debug=estimatefee"])) connect_nodes(nodes[1], 0) # Node2 is a stingy miner, that # produces very small blocks (room for only 3 or so transactions) node2args = [ "-blockprioritysize=0", "-blockmaxsize=1500", "-debug=mempool", "-debug=estimatefee"] nodes.append(start_node(2, test_dir, node2args)) connect_nodes(nodes[2], 0) sync_blocks(nodes) return nodes def run_test(self, nodes): # Prime the memory pool with pairs of transactions # (high-priority, random fee and zero-priority, random fee) min_fee = Decimal("0.001") fees_per_kb = []; for i in range(12): (txid, txhex, fee) = random_zeropri_transaction(nodes, Decimal("1.1"), min_fee, min_fee, 20) tx_kbytes = (len(txhex)/2)/1000.0 fees_per_kb.append(float(fee)/tx_kbytes) # Mine blocks with node2 until the memory pool clears: count_start = nodes[2].getblockcount() while len(nodes[2].getrawmempool()) > 0: nodes[2].setgenerate(True, 1) sync_blocks(nodes) all_estimates = [ nodes[0].estimatefee(i) for i in range(1,20) ] print("Fee estimates, super-stingy miner: "+str([str(e) for e in all_estimates])) # Estimates should be within the bounds of what transactions fees actually were: delta = 1.0e-6 # account for rounding error for e in filter(lambda x: x >= 0, all_estimates): if float(e)+delta < min(fees_per_kb) or float(e)-delta > max(fees_per_kb): raise AssertionError("Estimated fee (%f) out of range (%f,%f)"%(float(e), min_fee_kb, max_fee_kb)) # Generate transactions while mining 30 more blocks, this time with node1: for i in range(30): for j in range(random.randrange(6-4,6+4)): (txid, txhex, fee) = random_transaction(nodes, Decimal("1.1"), Decimal("0.0"), min_fee, 20) tx_kbytes = (len(txhex)/2)/1000.0 fees_per_kb.append(float(fee)/tx_kbytes) nodes[1].setgenerate(True, 1) sync_blocks(nodes) all_estimates = [ nodes[0].estimatefee(i) for i in range(1,20) ] print("Fee estimates, more generous miner: "+str([ str(e) for e in all_estimates])) for e in filter(lambda x: x >= 0, all_estimates): if float(e)+delta < min(fees_per_kb) or float(e)-delta > max(fees_per_kb): raise AssertionError("Estimated fee (%f) out of range (%f,%f)"%(float(e), min_fee_kb, max_fee_kb)) # Finish by mining a normal-sized block: while len(nodes[0].getrawmempool()) > 0: nodes[0].setgenerate(True, 1) sync_blocks(nodes) final_estimates = [ nodes[0].estimatefee(i) for i in range(1,20) ] print("Final fee estimates: "+str([ str(e) for e in final_estimates])) if __name__ == '__main__': EstimateFeeTest().main()